1. Editor’s corner

   • G. Campanelli

   Editorial 17 May 2019 Pages: 415 - 415

2. Primary unilateral not complicated inguinal hernia: our choice of TAPP, why, results and review of literature

   • R. Bittner
   • J. Schwarz

   Review 08 May 2019 Pages: 417 - 428

   

3. Review of inguinal hernia repair techniques within the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative

   • R. AlMarzooqi
   • S. Tish
   • M. Rosen

   Original Article 08 May 2019 Pages: 429 - 438

   

4. TEP for elective primary unilateral inguinal hernia repair in men: what do we know?

   • F. Köckerling

   Review Open access 06 May 2019 Pages: 439 - 459

   

5. Open versus laparoscopic mesh repair of primary unilateral uncomplicated inguinal hernia: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

   • N. L. Bullen
   • L. H. Massey
   • R. H. Fortelny

   Review 03 June 2019 Pages: 461 - 472

   

6. Primary inguinal hernia: systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis comparing open, laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal, totally extraperitoneal, and robotic preperitoneal repair

   • A. Aiolfi
   • M. Cavalli
   • D. Bona

   Review 14 May 2019 Pages: 473 - 484

   

7. State of the art: open mesh-based inguinal hernia repair

   • D. C. Chen
   • J. Morrison

   Original Article 04 June 2019 Pages: 485 - 492

8. Pure tissue repairs: a timely and critical revival

   • R. Bendavid
   • M. Mainprize
   • Vladimir Iakovlev

   Review 20 May 2019 Pages: 493 - 502

   

9. Worldwide hernia repair: variations in the treatment of primary unilateral inguinal hernias in adults in the United Kingdom and in low- and middle-income countries

   • P. Estridge
   • D. L. Sanders
   • A. N. Kingsnorth

   Invited commentary 08 May 2019 Pages: 503 - 507

10. Robotic inguinal hernia repair: is technology taking over? Systematic review and meta-analysis

    • A. Aiolfi
    • M. Cavalli
    • D. Bona

    Review 15 May 2019 Pages: 509 - 519

    

11. Comment on robotic inguinal hernia repair: is technology taking over?

    • James G. Bittner

    Invited commentary 25 May 2019 Pages: 521 - 522

12. Open darn repair vs open mesh repair of inguinal hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and non-randomised studies

    • D. A. Finch
    • V. A. Misra
    • S. Hajibandeh

    Review 28 January 2019 Pages: 523 - 539

    

13. Prolene hernia system versus Lichtenstein repair for inguinal hernia: a meta-analysis

    • E. Decker
    • A. Currie
    • M. K. Baig

    Review 15 February 2019 Pages: 541 - 546

    

14. Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of Lichtenstein repair vs the Valenti technique for inguinal hernia

    • K. Mitura
    • K. Garnysz
    • I. Michałek

    Original Article Open access 18 January 2019 Pages: 547 - 554

    

15. Primary unilateral not complicated inguinal hernia with an effective, cheap, less invasive, and easy operation: the Trabucco repair

    • P. G. Bruni
    • M. Cavalli
    • G. Campanelli

    Original Article 22 May 2019 Pages: 555 - 560

    

16. Improving patient outcomes with inguinal hernioplasty—local anaesthesia versus local anaesthesia and conscious sedation: a randomized controlled trial

    • P.-A. Leake
    • P. Toppin
    • M. McFarlane

    Original Article 07 March 2019 Pages: 561 - 567

    

17. Is it possible to identify the inguinal nerves during hernioplasty? A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of cadaveric and surgical studies

    • R. Cirocchi
    • B. M. Henry
    • J. Randolph

    Original Article Open access 20 December 2018 Pages: 569 - 581

    

18. Sustainability of the relationship between preoperative symptoms and postoperative improvement in quality of life after inguinal hernia repair

    • J. Magnusson
    • U. O. Gustafsson
    • A. Thorell

    Original Article 18 January 2019 Pages: 583 - 591

    

19. Minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair is superior to open: a national database review

    • B. Pokala
    • P. R. Armijo
    • D. Oleynikov

    Original Article 09 May 2019 Pages: 593 - 599

20. Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) groin hernia repair using n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Liquiband®Fix8™) for mesh fixation and peritoneal closure: learning experience during introduction into clinical practice

    • P. Wilson
    • L. Hickey

    How-I-Do-It Open access 30 November 2018 Pages: 601 - 613

    

21. My TEP in primary uncomplicated inguinal hernia

    • D. Lomanto

    Letter to the Editor 15 May 2019 Pages: 615 - 616

22. Why I prefer TAPP repair for uncomplicated unilateral groin hernia in adults

    • J. F. Kukleta

    Letter to the Editor 02 April 2019 Pages: 617 - 620

23. Current status of local anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair in developing countries and in the United States

    • M. Argo
    • C. Timmerman
    • S. Huerta

    Letter to the Editor 02 February 2019 Pages: 621 - 622

24. Primary unilateral uncomplicated inguinal hernia repair, which is the procedure most frequently, performed in operating theatres the world over? Situation of Africa

    • I. Konate

    Letter to the Editor 09 May 2019 Pages: 623 - 624

25. Inguinal hernia repair in Nigeria: a survey of surgical trainees

    • B. O. Ismaila
    • B. T. Alayande
    • A. Z. Sule

    Original Article 17 January 2019 Pages: 625 - 629

26. Safety of hernia repairs in the setting of surgical volunteerism missions

    • M. Gachabayov
    • R. Latifi

    Comment 29 March 2019 Pages: 631 - 632

    

27. Comment to: A 12-year experience of using the Kugel procedure for adult inguinal hernias via the internal ring approach. Lin R, Lin X, Lu F et al. Hernia 2018;22:863–870

    • E. Pélissier

    Comment 04 December 2018 Pages: 633 - 633